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W. P. DOLLOPP. Bracelet.

No. 232,116. Patented Sept-14,1880,

Witnesses. Inventor.-

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WELLINGTON P. D OLLOFF, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN G. HARRINGTON, OF SAME PLACE.

BRACELET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 232,116, dated September 14, 1880.

Application filed July 8, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WELLINGTON P. DOL- LOFF, of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, have invented an Improvement in Bracelets, of which the following is a specification.

The nature of my invention consists in an improved self-closin g bracelet constructed with two opposite curved arms hinged to a central to ornament.

Figure 1 is a view of the upper edge of the bracelet. Fig. 2 is a side elevation and sectional view of the ornament and the joints of the curved arms.

In the accompanying drawings, A is a box formed up of metal, and provided upon its front with the setting B. The curved tubular arms O O are hinged to the box A by means of thejoints act, made at the opposite corners of the lower side of the box, and the inner ends of the arms O O are made to enter corresponding openings 00 in the sides of the box. The box A is divided transverselyof the bracelet by means of the partition D, upon opposite sides of which are attached the cups (1 (1. Within the arms 0 C are placed the spiral springs E E, extending from the end F of the arm 0 to the cup d at the side of the partition.

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The arms 0 G are set in the center line, so that the two ends E 1* abut against each other when the bracelet is closed; but the arms may each be set to opposite sides of the center line of the box, in order that the ends F F may lap by each other.

The springs E E, by acting upon the out- 5 side of the center of motion of the arms, cause the ends of the arms O O to be properly held together, and their opened position is shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2.

I claim'as my invention- 1. The combination of the hollow arms 0 O, provided with the spiral springs E E, with the box A, provided with the hinge-joints a a, and the partition D, provided with the cups (1 d, for receiving the ends of the springs, substantiall y as described.

2. The combination of the hollow arms G O with the box A, perforated at its sides in order to receive the ends of the arms within the box, and provided with the hinge-joints a a, substantially as described.

WELLINGTON P. DOLLOFF.

Witnesses:

L. G. SeHoLFInLD, H. W. HUBBARD. 

